Jury Pool Profile

Cass County, Michigan

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 51,606
Median household income: $68,011
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,422 86.1%
Black or African American alone 2,233 4.3%
Asian alone 463 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 532 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 792 1.5%
Two or more races 3,158 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,240 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 10,550 20.4%
18–24 4,014 7.8%
25–44 10,944 21.2%
45–64 14,757 28.6%
65 and over 11,341 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,894
Establishments: 932

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,023 21.6%
Education & health services 1,600 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,554 16.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,349 14.4%
Professional & business services 706 7.5%
Other services 598 6.4%
Public administration 474 5.1%
Construction 361 3.9%
Financial activities 276 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 245 2.6%
Unclassified 34 0.4%
Information 16 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $870
Owner-occupied: 16,986
Renter-occupied: 4,103

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,869 votes cast

Republican 18,505 66.4%
Democratic 9,050 32.5%
Other / third-party 314 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 946 1.9%
German 470 1.0%
Other Indo-European 192 0.4%
Other 120 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 82 0.2%
Tagalog 67 0.1%
Slavic languages 58 0.1%
Chinese 49 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Korean 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,089
Family households: 14,282; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,884
Single-mother households: 1,244
Veterans: 3,315; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,384 8.5%
Catholic 4,075 7.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,730 3.4%
Black Protestant 1,431 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 623 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 43rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) and Probate Court judges separate. Vintage 2026 courts.michigan.gov / Wikipedia 'Michigan Circuit Courts' table; cross-checked against MCL § 600.508.)
Court seats: Cassopolis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 21.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023